In Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, Stuart and Vero Beach, Criminal lawyers know “DUI’s”, “Drug Possession”, “Drug Trafficking”, “Prescription Fraud”, “Unjust Battery”, and “Internet Crime” cases dominate the headlines. If you are charged with these or any other crimes, you must find the most talented, experienced team of legal professionals to obtain optimum results.

A Fort Pierce Law Firm With A Personal Support Staff To Help You. A Firm That Maintains the Contacts, Relationships, and Resources To Assemble The Right Team to Defend Your Unique Criminal Case.

In addition to retaining a talented, experienced and properly credentialed lawyer, successfully defending a criminal case in 2013 and beyond, mandates an experienced support staff, working in tandem with the lawyer as a team, and usually in conjunction with experts from a variety of fields. The practice of criminal law has evolved into discreet and specialized areas, including DUI, Internet Crime, Drug Possession and asportation cases, embezzlement, homicide, etc., —–with the developing tendency of Florida’s legislature to criminalize all manner of proscribed conduct— the list grows longer each year. Criminal cases routinely require astute counsel to assemble a winning defense team, which may include Physicians, Psychologists, Accountants, Laboratory Analysts, Arson Investigators—- this list expands each year as well. Knowing , and being able to access, the right experts and consultants, and being able to work effectively with them, can and does make the difference between winning and losing your case.

JJK/LLC maintains a talented support staff including; Collette Boyer, Paralegal and Staff Assistant to Jay Kirschner, who specializes in client relations, coordinating and scheduling with judicial assistants, co-counsel and opposing counsel and their staffs, as well as legal research and writing. Ms. Boyer has been working with Mr. Kirschner for over fifteen (15) years.

Bradley Perron likewise has been working in close association with Jay Kirschner for over fifteen (15) years. He is a Florida Licensed Private Investigator, and has testified as a court qualified expert in a number of fields, including ‘blood spatter’ testimony…. in sum, the kind of investigator/expert who may well prove indispensible in building a winning defense team. He is part of the talented, innovative, and experienced team of investigators at Investigative Support Specialist, Inc.,(www.brandonperronpi.com ) an Investigative firm with demonstrated excellence, as well as a national reputation.

Robert McCarron, M.D., is the firm’s consultant for medically related issues, which arise in both criminal and family matters on a frequent basis. His individual practice, in Vero Beach, Florida (in Indian River County—-the northernmost county in the ‘Treasure Coast’) specializes in the practice of Internal Medicine. He also is well schooled in medical and scientific forensic issues, and has access to talented members of the medical and scientific communities.

Kim J. Koski, office manager and paralegal. Kim has been with the firm for over two (2) years, and also specializes in client relations and investigative field work.

This eclectic grouping of talented, experienced professionals, individually and collectively, gives JJK/LLC clients nearly instantaneous access to virtually any area of expertise necessary to communicate with, and ultimately assemble the right “team” to help win your case in the legal system, whether the matter lies in the the criminal or family divisions.

The practice is in both State and Federal courts, representing the innocent and falsely accused in DUI and all other manner of Criminal Matters, including unjust Battery and Spousal Battery charges, Prescription Fraud cases, Possession of Narcotics and Trafficking issues, Forfeiture and Conspiracy matters, white collar prosecutions—–and an ever-increasing amount of child sex abuse and internet pornography cases.

We Also Assist Clients in Complex Divorce and Serious Personal Injury Cases.

Jonathan Jay Kirschner, Esq., is a Florida Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, and has been Board Certified continually since 1994.

“BOARD CERTIFICATION”—-WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Board Certification recognizes attorneys’ special knowledge, skills and proficiency in various areas of law, and professionalism and ethics in practice. Board Certification is the Florida Bar’s highest level of evaluation of the competency and experience of attorneys in the 26 areas of law approved for certification by the Florida Supreme Court. For example, in order to become Board Certified, eligible applicants must demonstrate they have practiced a minimum of five (5) years in their chosen field; show “substantial involvement” in their area; demonstrate ‘peer review’ evaluations of their abilities from colleagues, opposing counsel, and Judges; pass an additional examination demonstrating expertise in both State and Federal practice, and maintain a rigorous commitment to Continuing Legal Education.

Each Board Certified lawyer must apply for re-certification every five (5) years.

Jay Kirschner first was Board Certified in Criminal Trial Practice in 1994, and has been re-certified four (4( consecutive times since then.

Only Seven percent (7%) of eligible Florida Bar members are Board Certified. And because of the stringent requirements of Board Certification, there are many lawyers who are not even eligible to apply. So the actual percentage of Board Certified Lawyers is significantly less than than seven (7) percent of all lawyers.

In addition to being Board Certified, Jay is rated “AV Preemninent”, assessed at 5.0 out of 5.0, by Martindale Hubbell, the nation’s oldest and most respected lawyer rating and referral service, and by the “AVVO” legal directory as having a maximum rating of “10.0 out of 10.0”. ( AVVO utilizes a rating model that considers information in the lawyer’s profile, as well as information collected from public sources, e.g., state bar associations and lawyer websites).

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